Late-Onset Epilepsy Associated With Increased Risk for Subsequent Stroke
This systematic review identified studies related to late-onset epilepsy (LOE) to investigate the association between LOE and subsequent stroke and Alzheimer dementia.
This systematic review identified studies related to late-onset epilepsy (LOE) to investigate the association between LOE and subsequent stroke and Alzheimer dementia.
Several previously FDA-approved medicines were approved for additional uses in November 2020.
Calcium activity was detected in microglia calcium during the hyperacute phase of ischemic stroke.
Study authors conducted a multinational meta-analysis in SARS-CoV-2 patients to assess the risk of stroke relative to the general population and to identify risk factors of stroke.
The admission rates of ischemic stroke and TIA were lower during the first weeks of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown compared with those of 2017-2019.
Researchers found that 20 of 844 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 had confirmed ischemic stroke (2.4%) and 8 (0.9%) had intracranial hemorrhage.
For adults aged >75 years, increases in the number of social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with an increased risk for incident stroke.
Patients with COVID-19 appear to have a heightened risk for acute ischemic stroke compared with patients with influenza.
Researchers sought to identify and characterize stroke in COVID-19 in a single healthcare system in New York.
In light of the changes inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the researchers wished to explore the effects of the pandemic on stroke management during the first month of Italy’s lockdown.